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[j4]

Does anybody know whether a majority of households in the UK include one adult who stays at home during some/all of the working day?

I'm just wondering how to account for the fact that commercial companies always seem to be extremely surprised when I tell them that I can't actually stay in all day, every day, on the offchance that they might turn up, as I have a full-time job.

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[bibliogirl.livejournal.com]

Ah yes, the joys of "approximate" time slots or, worse, companies who don't give them at all -- who usually don't get my business even though I work from home. Occasionally I do get to leave the house...